STUDY    OUTLINE     SERIES 


MEXICO 


PANAMA 


Many  clubs  are  convinced  of  the  advantage 
of  studying  one  subject  thruout  the  season,  and 
for  this  work  a  carefully  prepared  program  is 
needed.  Local  or  state  committees  and  state 
library  commissions  have  spent  time  in  preparing 
outlines  which  would  be  suitable  for  use  else- 
where if  they  could  be  made  available  by  print- 
ing. It  is  proposed  in  this  series  to  centralize 
such  work  and  to  conserve  the  effort  spent  in 
making  a  good  outline  by  putting  it  in  shape  for 
distribution.  Clubs  themselves  by  an  actual  test- 
ing of  the  outlines  thus  offered  will  be  able  to 
offer  suggestions  and  criticism  which  will  lead  to 
a  revision  of  form. 


The  Study  Outline  and  Its  Use 

The  series  will  include  outlines  on  art,  litera- 
ture, travel,  biography,  history  and  present  day 
questions. 

The  outlines  vary  in  length.  If  more  topics 
are  given  than  the  number  of  club  meetings  for 
the  season,  those  topics  that  are  more  difficult 
to  handle  or  on  which  there  is  less  available 
material,  may  be  dropped.  If  there  are  fewer 
topics  than  the  scheduled  meetings,  certain  topics 
may  be  divided. 

Lists  of  books  are  appended  to  some  of  the 
outlines.  It  would  be  well  for  the  club  to  own 
some  of  the  recommended  books.  Others  can 
be  obtained  either  from  the  local  public  library 
or  from  the  state  traveling  library.  When  very 
full  lists  are  given  it  is  not  necessary  for  any 
club  to  use  all  the  books,  but  the  longer  list  leaves 
more  room  for  choice. 

The  best  material  on  some  subjects  may  be 
found,  not  in  books,  but  in  magazines.  These 
may  be  looked  up  under  the  subject  in  the 
Readers'  Guide  to  Periodical  Literature.  Maga- 
zine articles  and  illustrated  material  may  be  ob- 
tained from  the  Wilson  Package  Library.  For 
terms  see  fourth  page  of  cover. 

A  list  of  the  study  outlines  now  in  print  will  be 
found  on  page  three  of  this  cover.  For  later 
additions  to  the  list  write  to  publisher. 


MEXICO 

A  STUDY  OUTLINE 


PREPARED  BY 

STUDY  CLUB  DEPARTMENT 

Wisconsin  Library  Commission 


THE  H.  W.  WILSON  COMPANY 

WHITE  PLAINS,  N.  Y.,  AND  NEW  YORK  CITY 

1916 


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STUDY  OUTLINE 

ON 

MEXICO 


I 

ANCIENT  MEXICO 

1.  Prehistoric  tribes 

Toltecs,  Aztecs,  Mayas,  etc. 

2.  Antiquities 

Cholulu,  "the  holy  city,"  Toltec  and  Aztec  ruins 


II 

SPANISH  OCCUPATION,  1519-1821 

1 .  Conquest 

Cortes.     "La  noche  triste." 

2.  Rule.     "New  Spain." 

Viceroys,   inquisition,  ecclesiastics. 

3.  War  of  independence 

Hidalgo,  Morelos,  Iturbide,  treaty  of  Cordoba, 
Santa  Anna. 


Ill 

REPUBLIC,  1824 

1.  Expulsion  of  Spanish 

2.  Invasion  of  United  States 

The  lost  provinces 


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2  MEXICO 

IV 

MODERN  HISTORY 

1.  French  invasion 

Monroe  doctrine 
Maximilian 

2.  Republic,  1867- 

Administration  of  Diaz 

3.  Recent  insurrection.     Huerta 


NATURAL  CHARACTERISTICS,  CITIES,  ETC. 

1.  Coast  line 

Popocatepetl 

The  Sierras  and  the  country  west  of  them. 

2.  Mexico  City 

Vera  Cruz 

3.  Yucatan 


VI 


PRESENT  MEXICO 

1.  Commercial  conditions.     Industries 

2.  Education.     The  church.     Missions 

3.  Spanish-American  art  and  architecture 


VII 


PRESENT  MEXICO — Continued 

1.  Social    customs    and    distinction;    Creoles,   peons, 

Indians,  cargadors 

2.  The  future  of  Mexico 


PANAMA 

A  STUDY  OUTLINE 


PREPARED  BY 

L.  E.  STEARNS 

for  the 
Wisconsin  Library  Commission 


THE  H.  W.  WILSON  COMPANY 

WHITE  PLAINS,  N.  Y.,  AND  NEW  YORK  CITY 

1916 


STUDY  OUTLINE 

ON 

PANAMA 


I 


1.  Columbus's    quest   for   the   "Secret   of  the    Strait."' 

(Fourth  voyage). 

2.  Discovery  of  the  Pacific  Ocean  by  Balboa. 

3.  Pizarro's  Explorations. 

4.  Cortez's  Explorations. 

5.  Las  Casas. 


II 


1.  Alexander   von    Humboldt's    Writings   on    Panama. 

(1799-1804). 

2.  Nicaraguan- American    Projects    under    Henry    Clay 

(1826),  Andrew  Jackson,  and  others. 

3.  United    States    Treaty    with    New    Granada    (now 

Colombia)   (1846).' 


Ill 


1.  Construction  of  Panama  Railway  (1855). 

2.  Proposed  Tehuantepec  Route  by  Ship  Railway. 

3.  Clayton-Bulwer  Treaty  (1850)  and  causes  leading  up 

to  it. 


2  STUDY  OUTLINE  ON 

IV 

1.  French  Beginnings  of  1878. 

2.  Count  Ferdinand  de  Lesseps. 

(a)  His  Construction  of  Suez  Canal. 

(b)  Panama  Beginnings  (1881). 

(c)  The  End  (1888). 

(d)  Cost,  and  reasons  for  Failure. 


V 

1.  Organization  of  new  (French)  Panama  Canal  Com- 

pany (1893). 

2.  Rival  Nicaraguan  project  by  United  States  Company 

and  Financial  Failure  (1893). 

3.  Hav-Pauncefote  Treaties  (1900  and  1901). 


VI 

1.  Revival  of  Nicaraguan  plan. 

2.  Spooner  Panama  Bill. 

3.  Sale   of  new    (French)    Panama   Canal   Company's 

property  to  the  United  States. 

4.  Colombia-United  States  Protocol  ( 1902). 


VII 


1.  Hay-Herran  Treaty  (1903), 

2.  Panama  Revolution  (1903). 

3.  Panama  Republic  Government  (1904), 


VIII 


1.  Physical  Characteristics  of  Panama. 

2.  Cities  of  Colon,  Christobal,  Panama,  etc. 


PANAMA  £L:^:: 
IX 

1.  Beginning  the  work.     Canal  Commissions  and  Engi- 

neers. 

2.  Sanitation  Problems.     Colonel  W.  C.  Gorgas's  great 

work. 


X 

Engineering    problems — Chagres    River,    Culebra    Cut, 
Landslides,  Earthquakes,  Rainfall,  etc. 


XI 

Canal  Construction — Sea-level  vs.  Locks  ;  Gatun  Dam,  etc. 

XII 

Labor  Problem,  35,000  Employees,  West  Indian  Negroes, 
Chinese,   Mexicans,   Italians — 86  nationalities. 

XIII 

Coloaiel  George  Washington  Goethals,   Chief  Engineer, 
and  his  work. 


XIV 

Operation  of  Completed  Canal — Locks,  Boats,  Railway, 
etc. 


XV 

Resolved  that  the  United  States  should  charge  sufficient 
toll  to  all  foreign  passing  vessels  to  pay  for  the 
construction  of  the  Panama  Canal  within  the  next 
twenty-five  years. 


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XVI 

Resolved  that  Congress  should  appropriate  the  sum  of 
$10,000,000  annually  for  the  next  ten  years,  to  be 
expended  in  strengthening  and  constructing  coast 
fortifications. 


XVII 

Cost  of  the  Canal 

(a)  Lives. 

(b)  Money. 
Effects  of  the  Canal. 

(a)  Upon  World  Commerce. 

(b)  Upon  America  as  a  World  Power. 


XVIII 

San  Francisco  Exposition  Commemoration. 


List  of  Study  Outlines 

Contemporary  Drama.  Prepared  by  Prof.  Arthur  Beatty 
for  the  Wisconsin  Library  Commission.  Ibsen,  Maeter- 
linck, Hauptmann,  Sudermann,  Echegaray,  Rostand,  Tche- 
koff,  Brieux,  Robertson,  Jones,  Pinero,  Phillips,  bhaw,  Gals- 
worthy, Yeats,  Gregory,  Synge,  Fitch.  List  of  plays,  most 
important  ones  starred.  Interpretative  notes  and  suggestive 
ideas  for  discussion  and  study.  I2p  250. 

Contemporary  English  Literature.  Prepared  by  Prof. 
Arthur  Beatty  for  the  Wisconsin  Library  Commission. 
Swinburne,  Meredith,  Hardy,  Kipling,  Bridges,  Gissmg, 
Conrad,  De  Morgan,  Wells,  Bennett,  Galsworthy,  Yeats, 
A.  C.  Benson,  Chesterton,  Noyes,  W.  W.  Gibson,  Masefield. 
List  of  most  important  works.  Critical  references.  Certain 
books  studied  with  interpretative  notes.  2ip  25c. 

Dietetics.  Programs  for  10  club  meetings.  The  study  is 
based  on  four  selected  books  and  the  Farmers'  Bulletins.  lop. 
Under  one  cover  with  "Home  Economics." 

England  and  Scotland:  History  and  Travel.  Prepared  by 
C.  E  Fanning.  Intended  for  travel  study  club  which  has  a 
historical  foundation  for  its  work.  Bibliography.  List  of 
additional  topics.  lop  25c. 

Home  Economics.  Prepared  by  the  Home  Economics  Di- 
vision, Agricultural  Extension  Department,  Purdue  Univer- 
sity. Programs  for  10  club  meetings.  The  study  is  based 
on  three  selected  books  and  the  Farmers'  Bulletins,  up.  Un- 
der one  cover  with  "Dietetics."  25c. 

Italian  Art:  A  General  Survey.  Prepared  for  the  Minne- 
sota Library  Commission.  Chronological  order  of  subjects 
6p  I5c. 

Mexico.  Prepared  by  Study  Club  Department,  Wisconsin 
Library  Commission.  2p.  To  be  used  in  the  same  year  with 
South  America  Past  and  Present  or  Panama.  Under  one 
cover  with  Panama.  i$c. 

Municipal  Civics.  Prepared  by  Anna  L.  Guthrie.  A  topical 
outline  with  references  by  page  to  books  and  periodicals. 
Bibliography.  32p  25c. 

Panama.  Prepared  by  L.  E.  Stearns  for  the  Wisconsin 
Library  Commission.  4p.  Under  cover  with  Mexico. 

Present  Day  Industries  in  the  United  States.  Prepared  by 
the  Study  Club  Department,  Wisconsin  Library  Commission. 
Topical  outline  without  references.  6p  isc. 

Slav  Peoples.  Prepared  by  Gregory  Yarros.  The  history, 
present  distribution  and  culture  of  the  Slavs.  A  topical  out- 
line with  references  under  each  topic.  Bibliography.  24?.  25c. 
South  America.  Prepared  by  Corinne  Bacon.  Topical 
outline  with  chapter  and  page  references  as  a  help  in  the 
preparation  of  papers.  Full  bibliography.  32?  2$c. 

United  States  since  the  Civil  War.  Prepared  by  C.  E. 
Fanning.  Intended  for  clubs  studying  advanced  American  his- 
tory and  modern  problems.  Bibliography.  lop  25c. 


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